From the Ingram-Day Lumber Company Photographs Collection. Photograph of a section of the tree-lined banks of the Tombigbee River. The original caption reads, "Just a Beauty Spot on the Tombigbee River at Woodbluff, Alabama."

From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of "Tom Thumb" Wedding performed at the Opera House in 1913. Pictured left to right: Front Row: Ben White Robbins, Eugene Kelly (minister), William Follansbee. Second Row: Joy Morrow, Francis...

From the University Union and Student Activities Record Group. Microfilm of the Teacher's College News, Vol. 5, No. 37 from June 14, 1924. Columns include "State Supt. Bond speaks in chapel," "Rev. J.L. Sutton tells of children's home society,"...

Photograph of the Sunken Garden, later the site of McLemore Hall. The garden was built in 1932 as a jobs project during the early part of the Depression. Lake Byron is located just to the right of this picture. Both areas were part of a campus...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A large full moon shines low on the horizon just off the coast of Florida. Hotels are in the background; the beach and a palm tree are in the foreground. The moon's face [Nikita...

Transcribed copy of a typewritten letter from P.D. East to friends, dated November 13, 1962, in which East discusses the continuous harassment to which he is subjected in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He also mentions the case of Clyde Kennard, an...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by John Knudsen. Lyndon Johnson, holding a briefcase labeled "Vietnam peace," has just climbed to the top of a mountain labeled "Bombing halt." Fatigue and sweat are apparent. He sees three other...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Bob Taylor. A man labeled "Rocky," (Nelson Rockefeller), wearing a parachute, has just jumped from the side door of a plane labeled "The race." He looks back over his shoulder at the plane and...

From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of SNCC Field Secretary Dorie Ladner from Palmers Crossing, Mississippi speaking impassionedly to the volunteers in the session on nonviolent...

From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of SNCC Field Secretary Dorie Ladner from Palmers Crossing, Mississippi speaking impassionedly to the volunteers in the session on nonviolent...

From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of exterior view of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer 1964. A mass meeting in support of the Mississippi...

From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of folksinger Pete Seeger talking to a Freedom School class at Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Student Anthony Harris is just visible on his left, and student...

Typewritten letter from Matthew Zwerling to his parents, Israel and Florence Zwerling, and Sara, dated June 26, 1964. Discusses the positive community response in and around Clarksdale, Mississippi, to voter registration drives, and expresses...

Typewritten letter from Matthew Zwerling to his parents, Israel and Florence Zwerling, and Sara, dated June 30, 1964. Discusses civil rights work in the community of Riverton, near Clarksdale, Mississippi, and describes the dedication required to...